Page 78 - English Tingkatan 1

Short and Long Vowel Sounds

short vowel long vowel
Read the story below adapted from
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
m c re
clock more “It is now,” O Lan said. “I will go
into the house. Do not come into the
 Listen and repeat. room until I call. Only bring me a newly

nought cause rot odd peeled reed and slit it, that I may cut the
ought bought taught court child’s life from mine.”
Wang Lung stood listening at the door
sought caught born cot to those heavy animal pants. A smell of

log sort hot blood came through the crack, a
sickening smell that frightened him.
 Sort the words based on the /:/ “Is it a man?” he cried.
or // vowel sound. “Is it a man?” he cried again.
pot hot roar “Tell me at least this – is it a man?”
or sock rock oar And the voice, as faint as an echo
not sore mop score answered, “A man!”
bored spot boar “It is a man child!” he called
triumphantly.
She called to him to come in and he
/:/ // went in.

TASK 1
C Read these sentences as fast as
you can. The story about Wang Lung
Walk the talk. Stop the rock. is set in a traditional Chinese
Sean saw a store. Sort the ore. community in China. The novel
talks about the taboos and
Paul fought at the fort. the cultural practices of the
Chinese community. Complete
the circle map with practices
D Tick (✓) the words regarding the birth of a child
that you hear.
based on the passage above.
1. cot caught
2. not nought
3. port pot Cultural

4. caught cot Practices
5. bot bought

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